Nostalgia & History > A Reading C630

RDG 5308, an Alco C630 in Hamberg, PA on August 5, 1992.

Enjoy,
Marty Bernard

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Well... until I glanced at the date and the lettering on the side of the passenger cars, I was thinking "Wow! There's a prototype for everything."  Could you imagine seeing an ALCO C-630 running long-hood forward in regular commuter service!    Then I got to thinking how neat it would have looked if the Espee had picked up some high-nose, dual-control  C-630's in "Black Widow" paint to run in its Bay Area commute operation.

Now I'm wondering if any of the N&W high-nosed ALCOS ever saw duty on a passenger train during their service on the N&W or C&NW?

Nice catch!  Thanks for posting it.

-- Greg

After all the hoo-hah on the modeling board about the height of the Bowser C630's with Hi-Ads, the fuel tank on 5308 looks like it has a generous amount of clearance underneath.

It doesn't get any better than!  Awesome locomotive and paint! 

CPR_4000 Wrote:
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> After all the hoo-hah on the modeling board about
> the height of the Bowser C630's with Hi-Ads, the
> fuel tank on 5308 looks like it has a generous
> amount of clearance underneath.

That was In regard To Bowsers C636

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I'm pretty sure there was a question about the accuracy of the Hi-Ad 630, also.

CPR_4000 Wrote:
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> After all the hoo-hah on the modeling board about
> the height of the Bowser C630's with Hi-Ads, the
> fuel tank on 5308 looks like it has a generous
> amount of clearance underneath.

The C630s equipped with HiAds utilized the same frame as prior C630s, with the necessary modifications to facilitate higher mounting. Thus the generous clearance below the stock 4000 gal tank . A new frame with a 5000 gal tank designed for the C636.